Adams Announces Grassroots BBQ & Picnic with Governor Sarah Palin to Thank Supporters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 25, 2012
Contact: Candice Copple 602-549-7580

GILBERT, ARIZONA – Kirk Adams and his campaign for Congress are proud and honored to announce Governor Sarah Palin will be in the Grand Canyon State Monday, August 27th, to support Kirk Adams. The Grassroots event will include live music and a family BBQ. The event is free and open to everyone.
The BBQ is set to start at 3:30 pm and will be held at Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert, AZ. Adams and Palin will be serving the food as a way of saying thank you for all the support and encouraging people to get out and vote. Accompanied with the food will be refreshments, live music and several other local candidates.

Adams received the endorsement of Governor Palin on August 2nd and Palin’s support and energy has spread throughout the district. As momentum builds for Kirk Adams, it’s clear that he is the only candidate in the race who will bring the commonsense, conservative values, that he and Gov. Palin share, to Washington, DC.

“I am so grateful to have Governor Palin’s support and very excited to say she will be joining me to participate in our BBQ. Governor Palin stands up for common sense American values. I am honored to have her endorsement and am so grateful for her valuable time coming to Gilbert at this critical time in the campaign,” Adams said. “We are looking forward to thanking every individual for the help they have given over the course of this campaign and ask for their vote on Tuesday in this critical election to continue our tidal wave of momentum.”

Be sure to bring your lawn chairs and blankets.

For more information:
Candice Copple
602-549-7580

Kirk Adams and his campaign for Congress is proud and honored to announce Governor Sarah Palin will be in the Grand Canyon State Monday, August 27th, to support Kirk Adams. The event will include live music and a family BBQ. The BBQ is set to start at 3:30 pm and will be held at Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert, AZ. Adams and Palin will be serving the food as a way of saying thank you for all the support and encouraging people to get out and vote. Accompanied with the food will be refreshments, live music and several other local candidates. Click here for the full press release.

Who would you hire?

Who is the REAL Conservative Leader?

I am writing to address my concerns about recent attacks on a man I know better than anyone, my husband Kirk Adams. Let me tell you who he really is. He is a loving husband, committed father, and a man of integrity.

He is also a gifted public servant who is willing to make tough but necessary decisions. I watched as he helped lead our state through difficult times. I remember the long hours, the stress, and the eventual triumph of success as our state finally reached a balanced budget. He is a hard and quiet worker who never quits. He is motivated by a love of country, our freedoms, and a passion to preserve them for future generations.

I urge you to get to know him too. He will patiently answer all your questions, always respectful, and always factual.

Some of you may have received an email recently attacking my husband. These attacks on his character are wrong and are an attempt to obscure the facts.

Here are the facts:
1. Matt Salmon lobbied for Obamacare.
2. Publicly available disclosure documents prove this fact.
3. The Salmon campaign has not disputed the veracity of these documents. Instead, they’ve chosen to personally attack my husband.

So what? Why does it matter that Matt lobbied for Obamacare? Wasn’t he just doing his job?

Obamacare is the worst bill in maybe a hundred years. It is certainly the worst in my lifetime. It does real damage to our Constitution, to our small businesses, and will make our healthcare worse. The only position to have on Obamacare was to oppose it from the very beginning, like Kirk and the Arizona Legislature did. But Matt lobbied for it and profited off of it. That’s not the kind of leadership we all seek to represent us in Washington.

How do we know he lobbied for Obamacare?

1) Matt’s name is listed on seven different lobbying disclosure documents. He lobbied for two pharmaceutical interests, companies that sought benefits and financial advantages from Obamacare.

2) Lobbyists are required by federal law to be listed on the quarterly disclosure forms of companies that employ them. It says only to list those that actually did lobby. Matt’s name is listed as a lobbyist on the forms that his own company filed. His company is called Policy Impact Communications, a small, seven person firm of which Matt was a partner.

Is it true that Matt’s name was on the form, but only because thats what lobbying firms do, they list everyone in the firm, even if they did not lobby?

1) No. If this were true then you would expect to see Matt’s name on EVERY disclosure form for every client of his firm. In fact, this is not the case as Matt’s firm listed eight different combinations of employees on disclosure forms over their 20 federal lobbying clients during that period of time. Matt Salmon’s name is not listed on every disclosure form for their other federal clients.

2) Federal law does not provide for including names on the disclosure form when those names did not actually lobby. That would defeat the purpose of the law passed in 1996 and supported by Matt Salmon. Congress intended to bring transparency to lobbying, so we could see who was lobbying and for whom. Including everyone in the firm defeats the purpose of disclosure.

How do you know these two pharmaceutical companies supported Obamacare?

1) These two companies, Millenium-Takeda and Lundbeck, manufacture “specialty” drugs. Both companies are ranked in the top fifty largest drug companies in the world. Millenium-Takeda is a $24 Billion dollar company. Matt and his firm lobbied to ensure that Obamacare would include money for the very drugs that these companies manufacture. His own press release dated 7/16/2012 states they lobbied to get drugs covered under Obamacare for these companies.

2) Matt’s own disclosure form also states that he lobbied for “removal of patient lifetime caps.” All pharma companies wanted lifetime caps removed to ensure they could receive a lifetime of payments for the drugs that they manufacture. This is one reason why the pharmaceutical industry made a deal with President Obama on Obamacare, spending over $150 million to ensure Obamacare’s passage. Matt Salmon and his firm were paid by a pharmaceutical company to lobby members of congress to eliminate caps through government subsidy or mandate. How is this type of activity “against” Obamacare? It clearly expands Obamacare and passes the bill onto the American taxpayer.

3) Both companies are dues paying members of PhRMA, the political arm of the big drug companies. PhRMA and their member companies spent millions to pass Obamacare because it benefited their industry. Matt and his firm were paid almost $200,000 by these two large drug companies so that their drugs could be covered with no lifetime caps, thereby securing millions of dollars in revenue for them.

Are the sources being used against Kirk credible?

Gilbert Watch is a blog that promotes one writer’s individual opinions. The tone and tenor of that website would make many blush if they read some of its mean spirited claims. The site also claims Skymall Founder Bob Worsley is owned by the left, that former LDS leader Jerry Lewis is a liberal, and that Jeff Flake is a fake conservative. It is not a news site and it does not claim to be fair and balanced. This is someone’s personal site used to promote their ideas and opinions. Gilbert Watch is similar to the blogs listed below that do not support Matt Salmon or his lobbying activities, none of which are objective, but all could be called “researched.”

http://politicomafioso.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-political-dexterity-of-matt-salmon.html

http://conservatives4palin.com/2012/08/exposing-kirk-adams-opponent-matt-salmon-the-lobbyist.html

http://www.sbabg.org/2012/07/01/matt-salmon-lobbied-for-obamacare/

The ABC 15 news story that was quoted stated that Matt Salmon profited from Obamacare. How do you profit from Obamacare without lobbying “for or against” it as Matt claimed? The ABC 15 story did not discredit the documents at all, neither did the story support the Salmon campaign claims. Here’s what they said, “Profited from, yes. Lobbied for inconclusive.” To say something is inconclusive is to suspend judgment. Since the story was put together quickly and within the first few hours, ABC15 did not have all of the information available that you do.

Conclusion

John Adams once said that, “facts are stubborn things.” I would also add that sometimes facts can make us feel uncomfortable. Attacking my husband’s character for laying out the facts, as uncomfortable as they may be, is just plain wrong and needs to stop.

Thank you for your careful consideration of the facts. An informed electorate on issues we all value most is our goal. As always, Kirk welcomes the opportunity to talk to you personally. His cell phone is 480 570 8873.

Sincerely,

JaNae Adams

Business Facilities magazine has ranked Arizona No. 1 nationally for new-business start-ups, largely on the shoulders of property-tax reforms and regulatory reforms that reduce costs for new businesses.

“That made me more pleased than anything,” said Kirk Adams, a former Republican House speaker who sponsored the pro-business tax reforms and now is running for Congress. “Arizona being Number 1 for new start-ups showed that our broad-based reforms really helped us right away.”

Interim CEO Sandra Watson told Site Selection magazine in May that the Adams-sponsored reforms passed in February 2011 — known as the Arizona Competitiveness Package — spawned “a 350 percent increase in projects that we are working on at a state level.”

Do you believe Washington needs results like these? I do. And I know that I can take common sense Arizona solutions to Washington. Please vote Kirk Adams next Tuesday, August 28th.

Kirk Adams

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Today, Kirk Adams, Candidate for the U.S. House in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District announced that he has been endorsed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Kirk Adams requested the endorsement and shared his beliefs, policy positions and his passion for the citizens of Arizona with Governor Palin.

Governor Palin responded today with a message to Adams:

“If you believe strongly in the need to repeal Obamacare, I hope you’ll join me in supporting Kirk Adams for Congress in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. Kirk is determined to repeal this mother of all unfunded mandates. And when he gets to Washington he won’t just “join the fight” to repeal Obamacare, he’ll help lead it.

As one of the youngest Speakers in the history of the Arizona House of Representatives, Kirk led the fight for less government spending, lower taxes, individual freedom, and limited government. As a small businessman, he knows firsthand that entrepreneurship and small businesses (which many of us built ourselves, Mr. President) are the job creating engine of our economy. Kirk is a proven advocate of removing the crushing burdens of excessive government regulation on our small businesses, and in Congress he will fight to put government back on our side and not in our way.

Kirk has been a steadfast supporter of sound immigration laws and was a leading defender of Arizona citizens as he used his platform to accurately describe this state’s predicament to the rest of America. He was the one who helped us all understand how dangerously misguided President Obama is on state’s rights and the rule of law! When President Obama called Arizona’s law “misguided” and then far removed politicians urged a “boycott” of Arizona, Kirk boldly stood up for his state! He became a loud and proud voice against the unsuccessful boycotts as he passionately wrote here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052702527.html

His tireless efforts worked.

Please join me in supporting Kirk Adams for Congress today.

–Sarah Palin”

In response to this endorsement, Kirk said, “I am extremely grateful to receive the endorsement of Governor Sarah Palin. I sought her support because I believe that Governor Palin embodies the Washington outsider breaking down the doors of the power elite. Sarah Palin stood up and made a difference in her community and state because she realized she represented so many common sense Americans who were not being represented.

As I have encountered the arrogance of Washington in this race, I appreciate more than ever, people like Governor Palin who stand up for what they believe in despite being underestimated and ridiculed. I am proud to receive the endorsement of Governor Sarah Palin.”

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***UPDATE #2***
The Salmon campaign has made some disappointing attacks on Kirk’s integrity. Click here to read JaNae Adams’ response or here to read an article on the subject by the Western Free Press.

***UPDATE #1***

Matt Salmon Lobbied to Expand Obamacare

Salmon Listed as Obamacare Lobbyist on 7 Different Documents

Today, Matt Salmon revealed that he lobbied for the expansion of Obamacare.  Salmon says that his former firms were hired to “change a provision in the proposed law which would have restricted access of people with some rare form of disease from getting the appropriate drug therapy.” A really long Washington way of saying, they actually lobbied to expand the bill by expanding drug coverage.  Only a Washington lobbyist could work to make a bill larger, and then claim, with a straight face, that he didn’t support its passage.

Salmon says that he didn’t personally lobby on Obamacare.  I’m sure he wishes this were true, but unfortunately his name is listed on 7 different disclosure documents under, “name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area.”  Washington lobbyists like Salmon can find many ways to justify such doublespeak, but Arizonans know that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck – it’s a duck.

The companies that Salmon represented were both members of PhRMA, which spent more than $150 million to secure Obamacare’s passage. The truth is, that instead of opposing the bill, Matt Salmon was paid to make sure the pharmaceutical special interests got their cut.

Kirk Adams Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Obamacare Lawsuit
Kirk Adams, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Obama’s health care law:

“I am shocked that the court has upheld the president’s health care law. In 2010, the people of Arizona passed the Health Care Freedom Act in opposition to being forced, by the government, to buy a product that they either don’t want or can’t afford. This is the biggest tax increase in history. The people of Arizona and America do not support this bill.

I am the only candidate in this race that has fought Obamacare from day one. As Speaker of the Arizona House, I joined the lawsuit against the law. I fought Obamacare in Arizona, and you can be sure that as your representative in Washington its repeal will be my top priority!”

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